Here's the Awesome Story Beck Told at Governors Ball About the Time He Hugged Prince

In February of 2015, Beck walked on stage at the 57th Grammy Awards to receive the biggest honor of his illustrious 30 year career: Album of the Year. But that moment, was overshadowed by another experience in his life: hugging Prince, who was giving him the award.

A day after the official cause of Prince's tragic death was released by officials, Beck dedicated a portion of his set to The Purple One at Governors Ball on Friday. Telling the audience to sing along if they knew the words, Beck and his band launched into an acoustic, sing-along take on "Raspberry Beret."

After the song, Beck told the audience about awkwardly hugging Prince while receiving his Grammy for Album of the Year.

When I saw him I was overwhelmed, and I think I subconsciously knew it was probably the only chance I was going to get to do this without bodyguards, and I just went and give him a big hug. And I don't know if you're supposed to do that, and afterwards I felt guilty, I felt bad, because it was very presumptuous to go give him a hug. And afterward I looked up the photo and there was a big smile on his face.

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